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Several people sustained injuries during the clash between the Police and protesters in Colombo today. At least 20 people had reportedly sought treatment in hospital following the clash. The Police fired tear gas and water cannons on a massive protest staged by the National People’s Power (NPP) in Colombo today. Thousands took to the streets […]
- Wasantha Mudalige and 61 others granted bail (Category: Breaking News)
- Police fire tear gas on SJB protest in Colombo (Category: Breaking News)
- MP Selvarajah Kajendran released on bail (Category: Breaking News)
- Sajith says Government wants public to “shut up and sit down” (Category: Breaking News)
The Police fired tear gas and water cannons on a massive protest staged by the National People’s Power (NPP) in Colombo today. Thousands took to the streets and staged a protest march against the Government, which moved towards Fort. The Police obstructed the march at Town Hall and demanded that the protesters disperse. NPP Leader […]
- பெருந்தோட்டத்தொழிலாளர்களுள், சிறந்த கொழுந்து பறிப்பாளரை தெரிவுசெய்வதற்கான இறுதி போட்டி (Category: Breaking News)
- Having fun at the APAC Mid-Term Meeting of Ladies Circle International (LCI) (Category: Breaking News)
- Criminal probe on Nanuoya accident which killed 7 including children (Category: Breaking News)
- Sana Commerce CSR initiative ‘Sipsatharata Arunellak’ helps students continue their education (Category: Breaking News)
President Ranil Wickremesinghe has stated that the country s economy cannot afford the release of funds on an ad hoc basis, owing to its ongoing economic crisis.
[…]The post Lying About Age Of Protestant Mission Schools: Is Age Quality? appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Scamming The Gestapo Church, Or Being Sound Christian Witness (Category: Breaking News)
- Andrew Sujeevan, Anglican Johnian Punished By A Corrupt Theocratic Church (Category: Breaking News)
- Wishing Bishop Pathmathayalan Strength Over Four Challenges (Category: Breaking News)
- The Rajakulendran Academy Of Western Music, Speech & Drama: Reviving English In Jaffna (Category: Breaking News)
Finance ministers of the world’s largest economies have failed to agree on a closing statement following a summit in India, after China refused to condemn Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Beijing declined to accept parts of a G20 statement that deplored Russia’s aggression “in the strongest terms”. Moscow said “anti-Russian” Western countries had “desta...
- Zelensky wants Xi Jinping meeting following China’s peace plan (Category: Breaking News)
- Russia hails unexpected G20 ‘milestone’ as Ukraine fumes (Category: Breaking News)
- Wagner Group chief says his mercenaries will halt their march on Moscow (Category: Breaking News)
- China ‘unsettled’ by Ukraine war, CIA director says (Category: Breaking News)
BBC reported that finance ministers of the world’s largest economies have failed to agree on a closing statement following a summit in India, after China refused to condemn Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Beijing declined to accept parts of a G20 statement that deplored Russia’s aggression “in the strongest terms”. Moscow said “anti-Russian” Western countrie...
- UN condemns Russian invasion of Ukraine ahead of anniversary (Category: Breaking News)
- Zelensky wants Xi Jinping meeting following China’s peace plan (Category: Breaking News)
- China’s Xi to meet Putin in Moscow next week (Category: Breaking News)
- Moldovan government resigns in wake of multiple crises (Category: Breaking News)
Sri Lanka Telecom Group (SLT Group), the National ICT Solutions Provider, posted impressive overall growth with annual revenue surpassing Rs 100 Bn once again, recording Rs 108 Bn for the financial year 2022. This resulted in the Group recording a revenue increase of 5.2% for the financial year 2022, strengthened by a healthy bottom line […]
- SLT Group annual revenue surpasses Rs. 100 bn amid unprecedented challenges (Category: Breaking News)
- SLT Group stays resilient for Q3 overcoming external impacts (Category: Breaking News)
- SLT Group achieves stable revenues for Q1, remaining resilient despite challenges (Category: Breaking News)
- Aitken Spence records PBT of Rs. 8.5 billion for first half of 2022/23, with quadruple-digit gro... (Category: Breaking News)
Sri Lanka President Ranil Wickremesinghe says a separate unit will be established to send military personnel overseas to assist in times of health crises.The post Sri Lanka President pledges a new chapter for the field of Military Medicine appeared first on Sri Lanka News - Latest Breaking News in Sri Lanka - ONLANKA News.
- Sri Lanka President to form a Committee to explore possibilities in providing clinical training ... (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka leader says IMF agreement pushed back after unrest (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka President Ranil speaks to Turkey President Erdogan, offers assistance (Category: Breaking News)
- Health sector needs an urgent policy change – President (Category: Breaking News)
The Government is to introduce non-paying wards in private hospitals, President Ranil Wickremesinghe said. Wickremesinghe said that the Government is looking at the possibility of introducing paying wards in Government hospitals and non-paying wards in private hospitals. He said the Government will take the tab for the treatment made in non-paying wards in private hospitals. […]
- Humanitarian grant of USD 46 million from Japan to Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- Humanitarian grant of USD 46 million from Japan to Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- Protests in Batticaloa and Jaffna against Independence Day celebrations (Category: Breaking News)
- President to take steps to prevent anarchy (Category: Breaking News)
Beijing [China], February 20 (ANI): Chinese people continued to face difficulty as the economy of the country is falling, ramping up the risk of social unrest in the nation, Global Strat View reported citing the World Economic Forum’s (WEF) economic outlook. China’s economy is slow and it no longer satisfies the aspirations of upward mobility. […]
- Low birth rate and aging population to affect China’s growth in the long term (Category: Breaking News)
- What to Know About China’s Real Estate Crisis (Category: Breaking News)
- China’s Economy – Nothing Is Going Right! (Category: Breaking News)
- China harbours a dream of becoming a great “maritime power”: Report (Category: Breaking News)
Islamabad , February 20 (ANI): The experience of Chinese companies working on the ground in Pakistan has been far from pleasant. Most of the early China – Pakistan Economic Corridor investments were in the power sector. The investments, however, created sizeable liabilities on the future cash flows of these projects, Indo Pacific Centre for Strategic […]
- Sri Lanka among four preferred destinations for Chinese FDIs (Category: Breaking News)
- “Made in Pakistan” in Colombo (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka turmoil highlights risk for Chinese firms investing overseas (Category: Breaking News)
- Rising Anti-China sentiment and Attacks on Chinese in Pakistan (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post Sri Lanka’s Asian Heritage appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- The Influence Of Sirima Bandaranaike & Ranil Wickremesinghe On The Foreign Policy Of Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- Prioritising National Interest In Navigating Geopolitical Waters (Category: Breaking News)
- The East Asian Disanalogy, Or Why Sri Lanka Cannot Be A Singapore (Category: Breaking News)
- The East Asian Disanalogy, Or Why Sri Lanka Cannot Be A Singapore (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post The Partnership Between NPP & JVP Must Be Emboldened appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Planning For A Year Of Elections (Category: Breaking News)
- NM’s Heritage: Upsurge Of Religious Despotism In Sri Lanka: Can The JVP Withstand Sinhala-Buddhi... (Category: Breaking News)
- To Be Realistic, There Are Only Two Options (Category: Breaking News)
- Waiting For Godot: Can Some Developing Nations Unite & Transform The Planet? (Category: Breaking News)
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has said he plans to meet China’s leader Xi Jinping to discuss Beijing’s proposals on ending the war in Ukraine. Speaking on the first anniversary of Russia’s full-scale invasion, he said the proposal signalled that China was involved in the search for peace. “I really want to believe that China will […]
- Zelensky wants Xi Jinping meeting following China’s peace plan (Category: Breaking News)
- Pope tells Zelensky he is ‘praying for peace’ (Category: Breaking News)
- Biden tells Zelensky his country will never stand alone (Category: Breaking News)
- China’s Xi to meet Putin in Moscow next week (Category: Breaking News)
BBC reported that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has said he plans to meet China’s leader Xi Jinping to discuss Beijing’s proposals on ending the war in Ukraine. Speaking on the first anniversary of Russia’s full-scale invasion, he said the proposal signalled that China was involved in the search for peace. “I really want to believe […]
- Taliban and China firm agree Afghanistan oil extraction deal (Category: Breaking News)
- China elects Li Qiang as premier (Category: Breaking News)
- China’s Northern city of Mohe reports coldest temperature (Category: Breaking News)
- China’s debt outlook downgraded as economy slows (Category: Breaking News)
China Daily: Sri Lanka is set to receive its first group of post-pandemic Chinese tourists after becoming one of the first 20 countries to resume the organization of outbound group tourists from China since COVID-19. Their flight will depart from the Shanghai Pudong International Airport on March 3. “We are expecting Chinese tourists to come […]
- Sri Lanka to receive first group of post-pandemic Chinese tourists in March (Category: Breaking News)
- Tourists suffer as industry bureaucracy is in knots (Category: Breaking News)
- CP frowns on govt.’s handling of Chinese ship issue (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka on China-IMF agenda (Category: Breaking News)
President Ranil Wickremesinghe said that tourist numbers had dropped following the protests in May and June of last year. Wickremesinghe announced plans to make Sri Lanka a year-round tourist destination, with measures to be taken to promote the tourism sector. He made these comments during a meeting with businessmen from the tourism industry in the […]
- Sri Lanka to target 5 million tourist arrivals a year (Category: Breaking News)
- Tourist zones to be established in Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka says Australia helping shift power dynamics in region (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka seeks Maldives assistance in war on drugs (Category: Breaking News)
Aljazeera reports that there is a severe shortage of greenbacks in Bangladesh due to its dwindling foreign reserves and a sharp drop in the value of its taka currency against the dollar. In the past six months, Bangladesh’s foreign reserves have dropped below $32bn from $39bn while the value of the taka has fallen by […]
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By Ifham Nizam Sterling & Wilson (Pvt) Ltd., an Indian company, has demanded USD 1.88 million from the Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) for alleged mishap caused by a Board Mechanical Engineer on the project 1×50 MW diesel plant. Senior engineers are in the process of taking up the matter with CEB General Manager to urge […]
- CEB holds another discussion on its restructuring (Category: Breaking News)
- CEB seeks approval for another power tariff hike, alleges Electricity Consumers’ Association (Category: Breaking News)
- CEB engineers frown on proposed tariff hike (Category: Breaking News)
- CEB makes bill payments more convenient (Category: Breaking News)
By Saman Indrajith SBJB MP Harsha de Silva said that he had asked the Gotabaya Rajapaksa administration to seek IMF assistance in 2020. “At that time a U.S dollar was selling at Rs 200. The interest rates were around six percent. Inflation was around six percent. The situation is completely different today. Our interest rates […]
- Harsha accuses govt. of being secretive about debt negotiations with international commercial cr... (Category: Breaking News)
- Domestic debt restructuring: Harsha insists money belonging to EPF members must be safeguarded (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka on China-IMF agenda (Category: Breaking News)
- Harsha predicts 18 % VAT will have devastating effect on farming (Category: Breaking News)
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- Just Rewards For Hard Work (Category: Breaking News)
- Where “More” Is Not Necessarily “Better” (Category: Breaking News)
- An Attempt To Prioritise National Needs (Category: Breaking News)
- Responsible Investment Of Borrowed Money; Could This Be A Way Forward? (Category: Breaking News)
Amidst the ongoing economic crisis, the government has instructed public officials to purchase Economy Class airline tickets for official travels to foreign countries.
By Noah Berman A wave of darkness engulfed Pakistan on January 24 as its aging power grid strained to meet the country’s demand for electricity. The massive outage was the latest in a series of blackouts that have become a chronic symptom of Pakistan’s ailing and climate-vulnerable economy, under duress from devastating natural disasters, a colossal […]
- Pakistan: Imran Khan’s high-stakes election gamble (Category: Breaking News)
- Does The Proposed Contempt Of Court Bill Amount To 23rd Amendment To The Constitution? (Category: Breaking News)
- China’s space success linked with its larger political, diplomatic goals: Report (Category: Breaking News)
- Indian embassy in Kuwait organises beach cleaning drive, 500 volunteers take part (Category: Breaking News)
Washington [US], February 18 (ANI): A report released by Washington-based Uyghur Human Rights Project has accused UNESCO of violating its own standards by failing to acknowledge Beijing’s actions towards Uyghurs and other Turkic minorities in China, US-based Voice of America (VOA) reported. These actions by Beijing include “destroying built heritage and desacralizing religious traditions, criminal...
- Death of Uyghur Refugee in Thai Detention Stirs Condemnation (Category: Breaking News)
- Xinjiang report: China must address grave human rights violations and the world must not turn a ... (Category: Breaking News)
- China razes Kashgar’s iconic Grand Bazaar (Category: Breaking News)
- China refused to allow envoy to visit Uyghur region: Turkish Foreign Minister (Category: Breaking News)
SLPP rebel and National Freedom Front leader, Wimal Weerawansa, told Parliament yesterday that the government was planning to place the State Intelligence Service’s decision-making responsibility under a Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) of the US. Weerawansa said that a similar shifting of the responsibility had happened in 2001. The 20-member Pentagon delegation, headed by US Principal […]
- Wimal s wife sentenced to two years in prison (Category: Breaking News)
- Country has a president not visible to the eye - Wimal (Category: Breaking News)
- Passport case: Wimal acquitted and discharged (Category: Breaking News)
- Sashi Weerawansa granted bail (Category: Breaking News)
Andy Murray continued his eventful start to the season with a notable win over Germany’s Alexander Zverev to put him into the Qatar Open quarter-finals. Britain’s Murray, 35, dug deep into his physical and mental reserves yet again to win 7-6 (7-5) 2-6 7-5 after an absorbing three-hour match in Doha. “I managed to stay […]
- Emma Raducanu loses in Cincinnati (Category: Breaking News)
- Andy Murray beats James Duckworth at Wimbledon (Category: Breaking News)
- Novak Djokovic & Rafael Nadal into last 16 at Roland Garros (Category: Breaking News)
- Brazil wear all-black kit in anti-racism message (Category: Breaking News)
By Sanath Nanayakkare The prospects for lightening the debt burden of low-income countries such as Sri Lanka will become clearer at the G20 meeting to be held in Bengaluru, President Ranil Wickremesinghe said in Colombo on Tuesday. He said so referring to the G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors meeting under the G20 Indian […]
- India greatly sensitive to needs of Lanka – PM Modi (Category: Breaking News)
- Debt restructuring making progress in countries outside G20 framework - IMF (Category: Breaking News)
- G20 advocate swift resolution of Sri Lanka’s debt situation and strengthen global debt collabora... (Category: Breaking News)
- Japan seeks to organize SL creditors’ conference: Will China attend? (Category: Breaking News)
A bilateral Air Services Agreement was signed between the Netherlands and Sri Lanka in The Hague, the Netherlands. The agreement will provide a stronger platform to further intensify connectivity both between the countries as well as the European and Asian regions. The instrument inked at the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs provides inter alia for […]
- Netherlands and Sri Lanka sign deal for return of stolen artefacts (Category: Breaking News)
- Police fire tear gas to disperse protest (Category: Breaking News)
- SJB releases political plan for economic development (Category: Breaking News)
- President says Sri Lanka cannot continue to beg (Category: Breaking News)
By Saman Indrajith The JVP told Parliament yesterday that the IMF would not consider extending its assistance to Sri Lanka as long as the incumbent government remained in power, without holding elections. JVP MP Vijitha Herath, participating in the second reading debate on the Regulations under the Colombo Port City Economic Commission Act, said that […]
- Sajith says govt lying about there being no money to hold polls after having printed Rs 278 bn i... (Category: Breaking News)
- JVP plans protest in Colombo tomorrow (Category: Breaking News)
- The government printed Rs 278 billion between October and December 2022 (Category: Breaking News)
- All 225 sitting MPs must share the blame for the present crisis: Ranatunga (Category: Breaking News)
Sri Lanka has secured Japanese assistance to run government hospitals. The Japanese Ambassador Mizukoshi Hideaki yesterday (22) signed an Exchange of Notes, with the Secretary to the Treasury, Mahinda Siriwardana, at the Presidential Secretariat. for a humanitarian grant assistance of USD 46 million in providing diesel fuel for public hospitals, across the country, Earlier, China provided […...
- Japanese assistance amounts to over USD 44 mn for such operations (Category: Breaking News)
- Japanese funding to install solar power at three key govt. hospitals (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka to receive financial assistance of USD 203 million from ADB, JFPR (Category: Breaking News)
- Emergency food supplies: Japan spent USD 10 mn since June last year (Category: Breaking News)
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